wtnhunt Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Sunday afternoon was cutting peppers from the garden for homemade salsa. I always wear gloves when cutting the cayenne and jalapeno peppers, learned quick the first time I made the stuff that they will burn your hands if you don't. Wife made the mistake of not listening to me when she helped cut peppers a couple years ago, her hands were on fire for a couple days. Having made salsa for several years now never really thought about needing to wear glasses or safety glasses, that is until it was too late Sunday afternoon when I took a direct hit in my right eye from the juice and a pepper seed from a very ripe cayenne that shot up from the cutting board when I was chopping. Incredible how quick and just how much heat and discomfort a little juice from a pepper can create. Yikes, now I see why pepper spray is so effective as a repellant, suppose I was lucky the juice did not get both eyes because I had all I could do to stumble my way into the bathroom. Spent over 35 minutes in the shower flushing my eye and still was burning some when it got where it was to a tolerable point. Kind of funny now looking back, but taught me a valuable lesson to wear some form of eye protection when cutting hot peppers.:yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 YIKES..... Glad you are ok now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Been there, done it, still have the scars. BTW - You also need to be really careful about taking a leak after you've been handling peppers. Don't ask me how I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Heck...the way it sounds...you need full body protection when cutting them! Note to self...use buddy system when cutting peppers too...let a buddy to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 William..I knew all along you had fire in your eyes!!!....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Yep, been there too. And I too can vouch for the "dont take a leak after cutting peppers" rule. Trust me on that one, bad enough on the eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Ugh, that stinks William. I made the mistake of scratching my eye after cutting peppers, and it's not fun for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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